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lowest corporate taxes or among the highest corporate taxes in america? >> i'm -- >> highest corporate taxes in america right now, right? >> highest corporate tax rate in the world right now. >> it's not that much higher than our competitors. in fact, it's lower than many competitors. stop talking about the rates. >> that's not true. >> we know it's mislead. it's effective tax burden on corporations, which is well in line with our european and asian competitors. >> isn't it true that small businesses, which of course as we all know are the real creators of jobs, will pay the ordinary income tax? if you're going to raise ordinary income tax on people making more than $200,000, that's going to hit small businesses and choke off that part of the job creation. >> that's right, maria. the top individual tax rate have a huge amount of small business income. if romney would cut the top individual rate from 35 to 25%, for example -- >> which would help small business. >> small businesses would be benefitted by that. >> bill, that's something john thain said, the
lowest corporate taxes or among the highest corporate taxes in america? >> i'm -- >> highest corporate taxes in america right now, right? >> highest corporate tax rate in the world right now. >> it's not that much higher than our competitors. in fact, it's lower than many competitors. stop talking about the rates. >> that's not true. >> we know it's mislead. it's effective tax burden on corporations, which is well in line with our european and asian...
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are definitely better than higher taxes. i don't dispute that. nobody disputes that. all else isn't equal. if you finance those tax cuts for the rich with huge amounts of debt as george w. bush did and as mitt romney is proposing, you're going to end up with slower growth. that's what we've got over the last ten years. there's no reason to believe any different. >> with we certainly have that over the last three years. >> exactly. >> let me ask you this, diana. >> pause, pause, pause. timeout. when the president took office, the economy was contracting by 9% annual. it's now growing. don't tell me the economy is growing slower than when the president took office. that's not true. >> in the last year and the year before. the last three years is what i'm referring to. >> the last three years we've had growth. i agree the growth hasn't been strong enough. >> right. diana, do you think we could see a 75% tax rate here if, in fact, the president gets re-elected? would what's happening in france carry over here? is it the same ide
are definitely better than higher taxes. i don't dispute that. nobody disputes that. all else isn't equal. if you finance those tax cuts for the rich with huge amounts of debt as george w. bush did and as mitt romney is proposing, you're going to end up with slower growth. that's what we've got over the last ten years. there's no reason to believe any different. >> with we certainly have that over the last three years. >> exactly. >> let me ask you this, diana. >> pause,...
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and they're going to see higher taxes. that's a lump of coal for any anniversary. rather than focus on the negatives in alcoa, focus on the fact they have asian exposure, european exposure. focus on the positives. financial engineering is back in this market. some of the parts for a company like alcoa exceed the value. >> you're making excuses for alcoa even before the ceo comes on. i like that. bob, what do you make of the action? put it in perspective, five years compared to now. >> the dow jones industrial average went from 1500 to 750. that was cut in half. that certainly was a disaster. >> you mean the s&p? >> the s&p, excuse me, bill. nonetheless, bottom line is holding on from that point to here, you can say, yeah, does buy and hold still work? that's what everybody's interested in. i think the evidence is it certainly does, but you have to have long periods of time to look at it. i'm not so impressed that we're not anywhere where we were 12 years ago. if you invested on a regular basis from now through the bottom, i think you'll find you have not done so ba
and they're going to see higher taxes. that's a lump of coal for any anniversary. rather than focus on the negatives in alcoa, focus on the fact they have asian exposure, european exposure. focus on the positives. financial engineering is back in this market. some of the parts for a company like alcoa exceed the value. >> you're making excuses for alcoa even before the ceo comes on. i like that. bob, what do you make of the action? put it in perspective, five years compared to now....
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they want to know their tax base is going to be for next year. they want to know what capital gains rates are going to be. you know, all those things. do you think that really is what could end the log jam for a lot of small investors out there to get them back into the market again? >> i think that would certainly help. i think we will get through this election with a lot of uncertainty. just on the oh side of the election, it seems likely that everybody's incentives will change and congress will go to work on some of the worst parts of the fiscal cliff. i think that could engender a lot of confidence and some re-entry by retail investors. >> all right, dick. good to see you. thank you for joining us. have a good conference tomorrow. >> thank you very much. >> you got it. >> we'll see you soon, dick. >> head of janus. all right, heading toward the close here. 18 minutes left. we're coming off the lows, down 48 points on the dow. >> remember when president obama said this -- >> somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we h
they want to know their tax base is going to be for next year. they want to know what capital gains rates are going to be. you know, all those things. do you think that really is what could end the log jam for a lot of small investors out there to get them back into the market again? >> i think that would certainly help. i think we will get through this election with a lot of uncertainty. just on the oh side of the election, it seems likely that everybody's incentives will change and...
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somebody in washington is working on an alternative to the massive spending cuts and tax increases that the fiscal cliff would bring. and it's not in congress that they're working on this we'll talk about it coming up. >>> plus, the interview you don't want to miss. my exclusive sit-down with oracle president mark hurd. we'll get this strategy on owning the cloud and get his take on what's happening at hewlett-packard, his old job. can meg whitman turn things around? we'll talk about that. plus oracle open world. you're watching cnbc. first in business worldwide. estn common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it
somebody in washington is working on an alternative to the massive spending cuts and tax increases that the fiscal cliff would bring. and it's not in congress that they're working on this we'll talk about it coming up. >>> plus, the interview you don't want to miss. my exclusive sit-down with oracle president mark hurd. we'll get this strategy on owning the cloud and get his take on what's happening at hewlett-packard, his old job. can meg whitman turn things around? we'll talk about...
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that debt forgiveness is tax free. again, thanks to congress passing a tax relief act on short sales back in 2007. a congressional committee estimates that will cost close to $1 billion in lost revenue to the government. now, given that relief and the fact that banks are really pushing these short sales and doing themselves, the question is, do we really need government to keep funding these short sales, maria? >> diana, these are the questions we'll keep following. thanks so much. they ask, should the government get out of the housing business altogether? rick santelli thinks so. jason says this isn't the time to kill these programs. rick, make the case. >> well, my case is why doesn't the government just buy them all, all the houses that are out there in foreclosure, vacant, bulldoze them down, give the tax bill to future generations, boom. housing fix. just because it's expedient doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. what, we're going to give them a break on their principle and their income tax? the government ne
that debt forgiveness is tax free. again, thanks to congress passing a tax relief act on short sales back in 2007. a congressional committee estimates that will cost close to $1 billion in lost revenue to the government. now, given that relief and the fact that banks are really pushing these short sales and doing themselves, the question is, do we really need government to keep funding these short sales, maria? >> diana, these are the questions we'll keep following. thanks so much. they...
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will need to pay more in taxes. that would be economic patri patriotism. it was a good day on wall treat. the dow jones still up 80 points today. finishing at 13575. and the s&p 500 tonight finishing at 1461 on the standard and poors at 500. thank you to larry fink. i'll see you tomorrow on the closing bell. have a great night. see you tomorrow. >> a
will need to pay more in taxes. that would be economic patri patriotism. it was a good day on wall treat. the dow jones still up 80 points today. finishing at 13575. and the s&p 500 tonight finishing at 1461 on the standard and poors at 500. thank you to larry fink. i'll see you tomorrow on the closing bell. have a great night. see you tomorrow. >> a
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there are other things, marketing, taxes, things like that. we don't know the cause but we know one thing, the oil companies fully integrated make more money when the price of gasoline is higher. so, it's certainly more than coincidental that the price of gasoline stays higher longer than the price of oil. there's no evidence to show that there's something -- that there's a legitimate effort by oil companies to keep gasoline prices higher. it is certainly suspicious and certainly profitable for the oil companies. >> sterling, what's going to get gas prices down? that's all people care about. they keep hearing oil prices are going down, yet they drive to the pump and pay $4.50 or $5 a gallon? >> well, you can work three end of it. you can work it, supply. you can work on demand. and we're doing both of those. and you can work it volatility, which is a huge, huge factor. as i said, gas -- most of the retailers in my area are independent retailers. they don't lock in long-term or can't lock in long-term oil/gasoline contracts. >> but how much --
there are other things, marketing, taxes, things like that. we don't know the cause but we know one thing, the oil companies fully integrated make more money when the price of gasoline is higher. so, it's certainly more than coincidental that the price of gasoline stays higher longer than the price of oil. there's no evidence to show that there's something -- that there's a legitimate effort by oil companies to keep gasoline prices higher. it is certainly suspicious and certainly profitable for...
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liz: lowering taxes improve the picture is what i am hearing you say. thank you for joining us. david riley of sovereign rating saying the triple the-credit rating for spain will remain the same even if they ask for a bailout plan. we are 16 minutes from the closing bell. walmart, target, bed bath and beyond. the want to get a read on their health? head to cleveland where real-estate investment trust td are which focuses on value oriented shopping malls coming up. we are talking to corp.'s ceo, daniel her when on whether the commercial real-estate is keeping up with the housing recovery. he has 1 twenty million square feet of it. stay tuned. agree window. liz: we are live at cleveland's rock-and-roll hall of fame and open for business. fox business focusing great american cities with business stories. you own stock in values force like wal-mart and target. want to know how they are doing? look no further than read which focuses on value oriented shopping malls. dan hurwitz is the ceo of this publicly traded company. stock is up 39%. business must be good. >> business is good and
liz: lowering taxes improve the picture is what i am hearing you say. thank you for joining us. david riley of sovereign rating saying the triple the-credit rating for spain will remain the same even if they ask for a bailout plan. we are 16 minutes from the closing bell. walmart, target, bed bath and beyond. the want to get a read on their health? head to cleveland where real-estate investment trust td are which focuses on value oriented shopping malls coming up. we are talking to corp.'s ceo,...
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but, you know, looking at discretionary budget, looking at taxing at our tax policy, there's a lot that can be done right now and we want to provide some of those options. >> some people say the results of sequestration, it's actually not a bad thing. because it will sort of focus our priorities, getting the country's debt and deficit under control. what do you think about that? >> well, sequestration cuts the good along with the bad. not everything government does is wasteful. not everything government does is good. go after the wasteful first, go after the policies which we know don't achieve the goals they were set out to meet. we don't think sequestration -- sequestration was set up as a threat, such a horrible threat that it would force congress to act and hasn't forced congress to act yet. we hope it will in the lame duck, that they'll take thoughtful steps by going after wasteful programs first. >> you're right. it hasn't gotten them to act yet. ryan, good to talk to you. thanks so much. >> thanks so much for having us. >> see you soon. "fast money" begins at the top of the hour.
but, you know, looking at discretionary budget, looking at taxing at our tax policy, there's a lot that can be done right now and we want to provide some of those options. >> some people say the results of sequestration, it's actually not a bad thing. because it will sort of focus our priorities, getting the country's debt and deficit under control. what do you think about that? >> well, sequestration cuts the good along with the bad. not everything government does is wasteful. not...
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california taxes and regulations. it is not good. liz: i know fox news has been there. that one in beverly hills, forget about it did it is probably six dollars for full service. we have reactions from motorists at the pump. >> we are not that far from beverly hills did we did not go to beverly hills because that is the obvious choice. maybe get away to a little more blue-collar area. not far from your hometown. we are talking about gas prices $4.99 for regular unleaded. if you go down the road a couple of blocks .the prices there are $5.29. the second problem is you have california stricter standards of gas. the governor has just signed on to change to the winter standard. this third reason is a number of refineries that are down. that has caused the problem with supply which is caused prices to go up which is bad people who drive cars here in california which is just about everybody not to happy. >> it takes forever to get the prices back down again. it is pretty ridiculous. select $10 gas won't even get me a quarter of a tank. it is really out of control. >> i ride m
california taxes and regulations. it is not good. liz: i know fox news has been there. that one in beverly hills, forget about it did it is probably six dollars for full service. we have reactions from motorists at the pump. >> we are not that far from beverly hills did we did not go to beverly hills because that is the obvious choice. maybe get away to a little more blue-collar area. not far from your hometown. we are talking about gas prices $4.99 for regular unleaded. if you go down...
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adam, we're talking about a readmission tax talking about hospitals. >> yeah, this is a part of obamacare, it starts as of today. centers for medicare and medicaid services as of today going forward infiscal year 2013, about two-thirds of all the hospitals who have patients that rely on medicare for their services are going to get a fine of some sort, and it could be as high as 1% of medicare funds that they receive depending on the number of patients who are readmitted to the hospital for these procedures; heart failure, heart attack and pneumonia. now, there's a 30-day window. if a patient is readmitted within that 30-day period and the rate of readmissions at any particular hospital is greater than the national average -- ashley: right, right. >> constantly fluctuating, then you could see this fine up to 1% this year, 2% next fiscal year, 2014, 3% in 2015. going to save about $290 million according to centers for medicare and medicaid services this year -- ashley: this is like penalizing hospitals who are being readmitted too soon -- >> above the national average. now, the hospitals ar
adam, we're talking about a readmission tax talking about hospitals. >> yeah, this is a part of obamacare, it starts as of today. centers for medicare and medicaid services as of today going forward infiscal year 2013, about two-thirds of all the hospitals who have patients that rely on medicare for their services are going to get a fine of some sort, and it could be as high as 1% of medicare funds that they receive depending on the number of patients who are readmitted to the hospital...
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del reading from citigroup on your tax stocks is not a good day. hewlett-packard was initiated, the price target of $13.50. still has room to go to the downside and initiated with a cell and citigroup and the price target $8.50 so that would be another dollar lower than where it is and then there is in tel downgrading, bernstein downgraded to underperform from a market performer and also the new price target, $26 from $32. still higher from where it is but the attack is the group waiting today. the nasdaq composite down 1.3%. liz: i am wearing silver hoops to night, not gold. it has been a wild ride. gold is up more than 450% over the past ten years. an incredible performer. gold has extended losses into a third day and these trends are indicators of -- let's ask my next guest who thinks the bubble is ready to burst. he says gold will sink on your screen to $700 in five years. jacobs is the director -- 1,066 right now. he is director and chief investment strategist at chartres profit capital. on the gold bugs all over you? >> when you make a predic
del reading from citigroup on your tax stocks is not a good day. hewlett-packard was initiated, the price target of $13.50. still has room to go to the downside and initiated with a cell and citigroup and the price target $8.50 so that would be another dollar lower than where it is and then there is in tel downgrading, bernstein downgraded to underperform from a market performer and also the new price target, $26 from $32. still higher from where it is but the attack is the group waiting today....
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three other big economic issues they're going to be talking about, first of all, on taxes. mitt romney hasosed a 20% across the board rate cut for individuals, but he hasn't specified how he's going to pay for that without increasing the deficit or increasing the burden on middle and low-income workers. president obama will press him on that. by the same token, p obama says he wants to cut the corporate rate from 35 to 28. he hasn't specified how he's going to pay for that. on jobs, you can expect to hear mitt romney talk about on net since january 2009 when barack obama took office, hardly any jobs created. barack obama will talk about a time line beginning in early 2010. since then, 4 million private sector jobs have been created. finally, medicare, the big issue threatening go bankrupt the budget long term. mitt romney is proposing a substantial change that would include vouchers. he hasn't said how much they'd grow over time. president obama has not said whether or not he's going to propose the same kind of changes like raising the eligibility age for medicare that he t
three other big economic issues they're going to be talking about, first of all, on taxes. mitt romney hasosed a 20% across the board rate cut for individuals, but he hasn't specified how he's going to pay for that without increasing the deficit or increasing the burden on middle and low-income workers. president obama will press him on that. by the same token, p obama says he wants to cut the corporate rate from 35 to 28. he hasn't specified how he's going to pay for that. on jobs, you can...
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senate and accused governor romney of not paying taxes for ten years. last week, nancy pelosi implied that there was no security at the embassy in libya was because the republicans had employed cuts in that area. they understand the economy is not helpful to them. i would remind the governor that the republican congress has spent many, many job creating bills to the democratically controlled senate and harry reid has refused to let them get to voted on. >> governor romney, the consensus is he came out ahead in the debates. do you think he's going to be able to sustain that momentum? has he energized the base? >> he's clearly energized the base. i was just in denver speaking to a conservative group there. i've been doing some women for romney events. people are clearly very fired up. what they saw was a fantastic debate performance by governor romney. what they also saw was a contrast between someone and governor romney who understand the fooacts and could relate th to every day people's lives. president obama, it wasn't just that his performance was lis
senate and accused governor romney of not paying taxes for ten years. last week, nancy pelosi implied that there was no security at the embassy in libya was because the republicans had employed cuts in that area. they understand the economy is not helpful to them. i would remind the governor that the republican congress has spent many, many job creating bills to the democratically controlled senate and harry reid has refused to let them get to voted on. >> governor romney, the consensus...